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On October 29, 1974, the Nigerian Ministry of Defence, through the Ministry of External Affairs, wrote to Nigerian missions and embassies abroad that it wanted to buy tonnes of cement to build barracks for its post-civil war armed forces of 200,000 officers and men. The Nigerian Army had just about 8,000 personnel before the war. […]
Continue ReadingOne of the most beautiful and inspiring news to come out of Nigeria in recent times is the Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership bestowed on our own Dr Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, for his exceptional and patriotic service to his beloved country Nigeria, and indeed Africa. It then becomes a double […]
Continue Reading“What is the State?” Louis Blanc, politician and historian in 19th century France, asks himself. He answers: “The State, under democratic rule, is the power of all the people, served by their elect; it is the reign of liberty. “The State, under monarchical rule, is the power of one man, the tyranny of a single […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, disclosed to the media that Nigeria is looking to send in its application to join an intergovernmental organization, the BRICS group. Very recently Tuggar restated that the country has not abandoned its objective to be a part of the BRICS group in the next two years. “We intend […]
Continue ReadingBank of Ghana (BG) has suspended the Foreign Exchange Trading Licences of two Nigerian-owned banks, Guaranty Trust Bank Ghana Limited and FBNBank Ghana Limited. The suspension, which will take effect from March 18, 2024, for one month, was announced in a statement, on Monday, by the Ghanaian apex bank. That measure comes in response to […]
Continue ReadingA syndicate which specialized in printing fake Nigerian and Cameroonian currencies has been smashed by the Zone 2 Command, with the recovery of fake N9 million and 300 million CFA notes in Lagos. According to Vanguard, four suspected members of the syndicate are a couple Oludare Olamilekan, 50. his wife Oluwayemisi, 46; Ilelabayo Johnson, 62, […]
Continue ReadingNo fewer than 40 million telephone lines were barred by telecommunication operators over the weekend following the expiration of the February 28, 2024 deadline issued by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) mandating telecom consumers to link their Subscriber Identity Modules to their National Identity Numbers (NIN). This represents a 28 million increase from the 12 […]
Continue ReadingI like to proceed by taking a largely critical look at Nigeria’s development crisis and attempt to proffer some solutions to our more obvious challenges. I anchor this on what I refer to as the five monsters that Nigerians must tame if we must move out of extant development crisis Nigeria officially became a sovereign […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has embarked on a protest against hardship in the country. NLC and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) had on February 8, issued a 14-day nationwide strike notice to the Federal Government over the failure to implement the agreements reached on October 2, following the removal of fuel subsidy. There were stories […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) has given the go-ahead for full implementation of the 2012 Stephen Oronsaye’s Restructuring and Rationalisation of Federal Parastatals, Commissions and Agencies Report. As a result of the announcement, there will be merging, subsuming, scraping and relocation of several agencies of government at the federal level. Minister of […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has asked the Nigerian Presidency, the Federal Judicial Commission, and other Ministries, Departments and Agencies, to submit their anti-corruption strategies, as part of the agency’s efforts to stop the abuse of contracts. The Ministries, Departments and Agencies have up to March 1, 2024 to submit their strategies to […]
Continue ReadingRecently, faced with escalating violence across Nigeria, the president, Bola Tinubu, reportedly agreed with state governors to establish state police. The news excited those calling for state police in Nigeria. But the agitation for state police is misguided; it is based on shallow reasoning, not on a rational, hard-nosed analysis of the potential consequences. To […]
Continue ReadingFinal word is not here yet about the allegation of fraud rocking the Ministry of Humanitarian and Social Inclusion as operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) investigating the issue have uncovered a fresh fraud of N17bn linked to the ministry. Sunday Tribune confirmed on Saturday in Abuja that the EFCC officials, who were […]
Continue ReadingThe relationship between Nigeria and Ghana or Nigeria and South Africa can be embarrassingly petty. Forget the usual rivalry that exists among nations when it comes to sports, as exemplified in the recently concluded Africa Cup of Nations, which was hosted and won by Ivory Coast. Nigeria does not share borders with Ghana or South […]
Continue ReadingTeachers and lecturers in various institutions of learning across Nigeria are now required to sign the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Code of Conduct form. The requirement is part of measures to check the alarming rate of sexual-related violence in learning institutions across the country. According to the standard operating procedure for the prosecution […]
Continue ReadingAníkúlápó is the man who bears death in a pouch, not Jimi Solanke. Solanke knew a braggadocious name couldn’t stop death. So, when death came calling, Solanke followed it without fear. But Solanke wasn’t afraid of death, he was afraid of life – this he told me many years ago at the backstage of the […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu will, on Thursday, depart Abuja for Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, to participate in the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union Heads of State and Government. “The President will join other African leaders in high-level meetings on institutional reforms of the African Union; peace and security,” Tinubu’s Special […]
Continue ReadingPolice in Borno State, Nigeria, have arrested two people for having sex inside the All Saints Protestant Church premises, Police College, Maiduguri. The two lovers identified as Kaka Ali Umar of Damboa Road and Khadija Adam of Ngomari area, Maiduguri, were arrested during the act on Monday, February 12, 2024. The cleric in charge of […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, rewarded the Super Eagles of Nigeria with a national honour, Member of the Order of the Niger (MON), flats and piece of land in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Tinubu made the pronouncement when he received the players and officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) at the Council Chamber, […]
Continue ReadingIn a press release on its website on Tuesday, the UK’s Department of Business and Trade has said that United Kingdom (UK) and Nigeria are set to sign a partnership agreement that will permit British legal practitioners to operate businesses and render services in Nigeria. The partnership deal between the UK and Nigeria is to […]
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